1980s AIDS Crisis

2019-03-03T11:29:47-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/c12/20190303113356003_hd.jpgPurdue University graduate student Nancy Brown talked about the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. She described how Americans with HIV/AIDS often faced discrimination in housing, jobs and when seeking medical treatment. She also outlined some of the protections later provided in the Americans with Disabilities Act. We recorded the interview in Chicago at the American Historical Association annual meeting.

Purdue University graduate student Nancy Brown talked about the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. She described how Americans with HIV/AIDS often…
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Purdue University graduate student Nancy Brown talked about the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. She described how Americans with HIV/AIDS often faced discrimination in housing, jobs and when seeking medical treatment. She also outlined some of the protections later provided in the Americans with Disabilities Act. We recorded the interview in Chicago at the American Historical Association annual meeting. close